#BB9F39#BB9F39

#BB9F39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F39
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -0.91, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 54.77, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0074 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6319, 35.6583, 8.9814)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F39 #3955BB

analogous

#BB5E39 #BB9F39 #96BB39

triadic

#BB9F39 #39BB9F #9F39BB

tetradic

#BB9F39 #39BB5E #3955BB #BB3996

square

#BB9F39 #39BB5E #3955BB #BB3996

split-complementary

#BB9F39 #3996BB #5E39BB

monochromatic

#5D4F1C #8C772B #BB9F39 #CFB862 #DDCD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F39

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F39	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb75',
    500: '#bb9f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f39;
$custom-light: #d3bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F39

secondary

#8795C8

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F39

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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